Album · Mudvayne
L.D. 50 by Mudvayne
L.D. 50 is an album by Mudvayne, released in 2000. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 7 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dig”, on 5 lists with a best position of #13.
L.D. 50, Mudvayne's debut album, came out on Epic on August 22, 2000, and it plays like a math test administered with a sledgehammer. The Peoria, Illinois, crew had only an independent EP, Kill, I Oughtta, behind them, but they co-produced the record with Garth Richardson, with Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan and Steve Richards as executive producers, and nothing here sounds tentative: lurching, odd-angled riffs, rubbery bass runs, Chad Gray lunging from croon to shriek in a heartbeat and Greg Tribbett's guitar coiling around it all.
The face paint and uniforms got them noticed before most people had heard a note, and "Dig" was the single that broke them. Critics were split at first, but the album's technical, heavy approach won people round over time: Revolver readers voted it the fourth-greatest nu metal album in 2018, and "Internal Primates Forever" later made a Revolver writer's list of the genre's heaviest songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from L.D. 50 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dig | 5 | #13 | – | 2001–2025 | |
| 2 | Death Blooms | 2 | #80 | – | 2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.